Droit

Droit

[French, Justice, right, law.] A term denoting the abstract concept of law or a right.

Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation.

DROIT. A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole
collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word
law. It also signifies a right, il n'existe point de droits sans devoirs, et
vice versa. 1 Toull. n. 96; Poth. h.t. With us it means right, jus. Co.
Litt. 158. A person was said to have droit droit, plurimum juris, and
plurimum possessionis, when he had the freehold, the fee, and the property
in him. Id. 266; Crabb's H. Eng. L. 400.

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